Jamie Stewart

Jamie Stewart (1879-1914) was a Major in the British Army during World War I.

Biography
Jamie Stewart was born in England in 1879, and he joined the British Army's cavalry. Stewart was a student of great cavalry charges such as the charge at Mars la Tour during the Franco-Prussian War, and he was given command of a 300-strong force of British cavalrymen when World War I broke out in 1914. At the Battle of Quievrechain, Stewart led a cavalry charge against 600 German troops as they ate breakfast in their camp, taking them by surprise. However, the British were ambushed by machine guns that had been hidden in the treeline, and Stewart was killed.